curiosity killed the cat

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37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: الْفُضُولُ قَتَلَ الْقِطَّ (al-fuḍūlu qatala l-qiṭṭa) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Armenian: հետաքրքրասիրությունը սպանեց կատվին (hetakʻrkʻrasirutʻyunə spanecʻ katvin) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Catalan: la curiositat va matar el gat — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Chinese Mandarin: 好奇害死貓 /好奇害死猫 (hàoqí hàisǐ māo) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Czech: nebuď zvědavej, budeš brzo starej — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Danish: nysgerrighed slog smedens kat ihjel — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Dutch: nieuwsgierigheid doodde de kat — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Dutch: de duivel heeft het vragen uitgevonden — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Estonian: uudishimu tappis kassi — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Finnish: uteliaisuus tappoi kissan — undue curiosity is dangerous
• French: la curiosité est un vilain défaut — undue curiosity is dangerous
• German: Neugier ist der Katze Tod — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Greek: η περιέργεια σκότωσε τη γάτα (i periérgeia skótose ti gáta) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Hebrew: הַסַּקְרָנוּת הָרְגָה אֶת הֶחָתוּל (ha-sakranút hargá et he-khatúl) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Hungarian: aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Irish: fios a mharaigh an cat — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Italian: tanto va la gatta al lardo, che ci lascia lo zampino — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Italian: la curiosità uccise il gatto — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Italian: la troppa curiosità spinge l'uccello nella rete — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Macedonian: љубопитноста ја убила мачката (ljubopitnosta ja ubila mačkata) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Norwegian Bokmål: nysgjerrighet drepte katten — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Norwegian Bokmål: nysgjerrig høne får enten korn eller knuff — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Polish: ciekawy kot do studni wpadł — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Polish: ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Portuguese: a curiosidade matou o gato — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Romanian: curioșii mor repede — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Russian: любопы́тной Ва́рваре на база́ре нос оторва́ли (ljubopýtnoj Várvare na bazáre nos otorváli) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Russian: от любопы́тства ко́шка сдо́хла (ot ljubopýtstva kóška sdóxla) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Russian: любопы́тство ко́шку сгуби́ло (ljubopýtstvo kóšku sgubílo) — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Serbo-Croatian: радо̀знало̄ст је убила мачку — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Serbo-Croatian: radòznalōst je ubila mačku — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Spanish: la curiosidad mató al gato — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Swedish: nyfiken i en strut — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Tagalog: ang sobra-sobrang pag-usisa ay delikado — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Turkish: fazla merak göte yarak — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Turkish: ya meraktan, ya yaraktan — undue curiosity is dangerous
• Welsh: busnesa a laddodd y gath — undue curiosity is dangerous